Year 13 Politics Environment 1

What does UNFCCC stand for?

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

• United Nations Framework Curtailing Climate Change

• United Nations Function Cancelling Carbon Change

• United Nations Framework Convention on Carbon Change

Who is responsible for gathering and disseminating research and information on climate change?

• UNFCCC

• UNEP

• IPCCC

• IPCC

What meeting is being held in Glasgow in November 2021

• COP21

• COP26

• COP28

• COP30

In what city was the previous COP meeting held in 2015?

• Rio de Janiero

• Kyoto

• Paris

• Stockholm

How many scientists had their peer reviewed work included in the IPCC report?

• between 50 - 500

• between 500 - 5,000

• between 5,000 - 50,000

• more than 50,000

According to the IPCC, what is the threshold of warming that will lead to serious and irreversible damage?

• 1C

• 1.5C

• 2C

• 3C

How did the UN describe the report?

• A Danger Zone for Humanity

• A Code Red for Humanity

• A Red Zone for the planet

• A Global Catastrophe

What did the IPCC report in August 2021 do for the first time?

• Said temperatures are rising unsustainably

• said carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is causing the increase in temperature

• said the ozone layer above Antarctica was caused by greenhouse gases

• Said humans are responsible for the temperature increases.

On current projections, and taking into account global efforts to reduce carbon emissions, by how much are temperatures forecast to rise by 2100?

• 1C

• 1.5C

• 2.7C

• 4C

If we reduce our carbon emissions to net zero, by how much will the sea level rise (due to previous emissions)

• 2-8cm

• 8-12cm

• 12-28cm

• 28-55cm